Posts from November 2024

Mozilla Foundation Cuts 30% of Staff, Axes Advocacy Division

Sweeping staffing cuts have fallen at The Mozilla Foundation, the nonprofit arm of Mozilla tasked with advocating for web standards, internet privacy, and open-source. A huge 30% reduction in head count at the foundation cleaves […]

6 November 2024
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GIMP 3.0 Release Candidate Arrives with Major New Features

If it feels like the next major release of open source image editor The GIMP has been in the works forever, know that anticipation for its arrival has been building longer still – yet the […]

5 November 2024

Raspberry Pi Gives its Tiny Touch Display a Big Upgrade

Raspberry Pi has announced a new version of its 7-inch ‘Touch Display’ accessory. And given that the previous model was announced 9 years ago, some kind of update was arguably due for this device. The […]

4 November 2024
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Apple Maps on Web Now Works on Linux (But Only in Firefox)

Something to file under “won’t please many Linux users, but is nonetheless a good thing™ for choice”, Apple Maps on the web now works on Linux. Apple launched a web-based version of Apple Maps in […]

3 November 2024
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Linux Mint is Adding a Native ‘Night Light’ Feature to Cinnamon

Linux Mint has announced it’s adding a native Night Light feature to the Cinnamon desktop. Earlier versions of Linux Mint included a third-party app called Redshift to provide similar ‘blue light’ filtering functionality. However, when […]

3 November 2024

COSMIC Desktop Alpha 3 Brings More Improvements

System76’s COSMIC desktop environment continues to take shape, with a third alpha snapshot now available for testing. The first alpha brought the core essentials, the second alpha delivered stack of new features, and this third […]

1 November 2024